Energy-Efficient Lighting Design
Building for Performance
The Energy-Efficient Lighting Design offer provides financial incentives and tools to help building developers and their design teams create and install more effective and energy-efficient lighting in new commercial development projects.
The Offer
Receive financial incentives for the following energy-efficient measures:
- A $1,000 incentive for creating a lighting design that meets or exceeds ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 – 2004 code.*
- A capital incentive to install the new lighting. The incentive will be based on the total electrical savings of the energy-efficient design.**
- An incentive of up to $3,000 will be paid for a daylight study. Limited number of studies available.
Optional for new multi-unit residential buildings:
- Install an In-Suite ENERGY STAR® Package and receive rebates up to $200 per suite.
*Small commercial buildings or low-rise residential apartment buildings (6000-18,000 sq ft) must meet or exceed the lighting requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2004. Large commercial buildings or high-rise apartment buildings (>18,000 sq ft) must exceed the requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2004 by 10%.
Eligibility
- For new commercial or multi-unit residential buildings that are over 6,000 square feet.
- Commercial buildings include: warehouses, offices, retail, mixed-use low and high-rise buildings, restaurants, schools, long-term healthcare and other government facilities, etc.
Benefits
The developer, owner, occupants and design team will benefit from participating. The Energy-Efficient Lighting Design will provide many long-term benefits:
| Who Benefits | How You Benefit |
| Building Developers |
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| Design Teams |
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| Owners and Occupants |
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Register Online
Once you are in the planning stages of developing a new commercial building or are carrying out a substantial retrofit and have selected a lighting designer, you are ready to register and apply for the Energy-Efficient Lighting Design offer.
Ask your lighting designer to calculate the incentives for your new building by completing the lighting calculator spreadsheet. Submit this spreadsheet as part of your application package.
Resources
- Lamp and Ballast Product Guide [PDF, 256 Kb]
For projects with building permit dated prior to September 5th, 2008:
- Lighting Calculator Spreadsheet [MS Excel, 2.5 Mb]
- Reference Guide for Lighting Calculator [PDF, 378 Kb]
For projects with building permit dated after September 5th, 2008:
- Lighting Calculator Spreadsheet [MS Excel, 2.5 Mb]
- Reference Guide for Lighting Calculator [PDF, 378 Kb]
Contact Us
If you are interested in exploring opportunities to create an energy-efficient high-performance building, contact us at 604 453-6400 in the Lower Mainland or 1 866 453-6400 elsewhere in B.C.
